Category Rain Alert

Severe storm Yellow Alert raised for North China

China’s top observatory has issued a storm alert for north China, as some parts of Beijing and Hebei Province will be hit by heavy rainstorms on Tuesday.   The National Meteorological Center (NMC) raised the alert from blue to yellow…

Severe storms causes havoc to many parts of Copenhagen, Denmark

Violent thunderstorms overnight in Copenhagen caused damage, flooding, train delays and nearly cost two motorists their lives when they were stuck in their cars and nearly submerged in flood waters. Rescue workers got to one man stuck in his car in…

Severe flooding destroys 36 houses, kills pregnant woman, four others in Delta State, Nigeria

A torrential rainfall which swept across Delta State yesterday destroyed no fewer than 36 houses, killing pregnant woman and four others in Okpanam and Asaba communities.   Reports said that the flood apart from the destruction it wrecked swept away…

Severe flooding submerges over 100 villages in Bangladesh

Flood situation in Bangladesh worsened as over 100 villages have been submerged after gushing waters washed away a portion of an embankment on Jamuna river in the country’s northwest, affecting over one lakh people.   Onrush of water in the…

Severe storms causes mayhem with heavy hail, gale force winds and power outages in Lubbock, Texas, USA

Lubbock Power & Light reported several hundred of its customers were without power in multiple outages across the city. More than 300 customers were without power near the Texas Tech campus along 19th Street and University Avenue. The National Weather…

Massive landslide and flash flooding kills 7 and 20 are missing in Guizhou Province, China

Seven people are reported to have died and 20 are still missing after a landslide hit the village of Yingping in Guizhou Province, China, at about 8 pm on Wednesday 27 August 2014. A further 22 people were injured in…

Severe storm leaves damage in Morrison, Benton counties, USA

A thunderstorm Sunday evening damaged property in parts of Morrison and Benton counties.   A tornado was reported in Granite Ledge Township. Funnel clouds were spotted in Gilman and Rice. Hail was reported in Hillman.   In Morrison County, damage…

Severe flooding causes mayhem with landslides and forces it’s Nuclear reactor to halt in South Korea

Heavy rain lashed the southeast of South Korea, flooding a school in Busan and triggering landslides that demolished a senior citizens’ center. At least one person died when a bus was washed away, Yonhap News said.   As much as…